Patrick Ryan

Patrick Ryan is CEO and founder of Chicago based Ryan Specialty Group, a wholesale brokerage and specialty insurance firm. His first brokerage, Ryan Insurance Co., merged with Combined Insurance Co. in 1982 to form AON, one of the largest insurance firms today.Ryan has given nearly $200 million to his alma mater, Northwestern. The school's new athletics facility, Ryan Fieldhouse, is named after himIn 2016, he and his wife made a significant charitable donation to AbilityLab, the largest charitable investment in the hospital's 63-year history.The AbilityLab, which is part of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, helps patients who need physical therapy but are no longer in the hospital.